SUASANA di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) pagi tadi bertukar meriah apabila wira baharu badminton negara, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei, pulang dengan gelaran juara dunia pertama beregu campuran Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pasangan ranking keempat dunia itu mendarat jam 5.51 pagi menerusi pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH21 dengan wajah penuh ceria, melambai tangan kepada ratusan penyokong yang setia menunggu sejak awal pagi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turut pulang bersama mereka, beregu wanita negara Pearly Tan-M Thinaah, yang muncul naib juara dunia selepas mengharungi final penuh dramatik di Paris, lapor Harian Metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ketibaan mereka diraikan Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Hannah Yeoh; Ketua Setiausaha KBS, Datuk Ts Dr K Nagulendran, Ketua Pengarah MSN, Jefri Ngadirin serta Timbalan Presiden BAM, Datuk V Subramaniam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lebih manis, ahli keluarga terdekat termasuk ibu Tang Jie, Chen Keat Siew, ibu bapa Ee Wei, Toh Kok Leong dan Jane Yeoh, serta bapa Thinaah, S Muralitharan, turut berada di balai ketibaan bagi menyambut detik penuh emosi itu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kelmarin, Tang Jie-Ee Wei mencetus sejarah gemilang pada sambutan Hari Merdeka apabila menundukkan gandingan pilihan kedua dari China, Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin, 21-15, 21-14 dalam masa hanya 40 minit di pentas final Kejohanan Dunia di Adidas Arena, Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sorakan \u201cMerdeka!\u201d bergema di arena tatkala pasangan negara itu mengesahkan kemenangan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ee Wei jelas tenang menguasai permainan di jaring manakala Tang Jie pula gah mengawal gelanggang belakang, sekali gus menjadikan mereka beregu campuran pertama Malaysia menjulang kejuaraan dunia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dalam pada itu, Pearly-Thinaah yang kini menghuni ranking kedua dunia terpaksa berpuas hati dengan pingat perak selepas tewas tipis kepada pasangan nombor satu dunia dari China, Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning, 14-21, 22-20, 17-21 dalam pertarungan sengit 83 minit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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